Garment support



March 2, 1937.

G. RICHTER GARMENT SUPPORT 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Feb. 3, 1956 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 2, 1937 FATET OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supports, and more particularly to detachable xtures.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are: To provide improved means adapted to be easily attached to or detached from wardrobe suitcases, wardrobe trunks, salesmens sample cases, steamer trunks, steamer wardrobe closets, building closets and so forth 10 for the reception of garments; to be enabled to utilize such means to occupy minimum space and easily handled; to be enabled to remove the improved garment support with a plurality of garments thereon Without disturbing the garments;

to provide a garment support with means for receiving and supporting a plurality of garments without interfering with the operation of the support; to be enabled to swing the garment support means to any angle; to be enabled to slide 2() the garment support outwardly and to swing the support means to a fully extended position; to provide means whereby the garment support may ride in swinging condition; to secure simplicity of construction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wardrobe suitcase in open position and embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view showing the features of the invention in closed condition and illustrating the sliding member in dotted lines when extending outwardly therefrom, the section being taken on line 2 2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a similar view and showing all movable parts in fully extended condition, the section being taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a bottom plan of the garment suport; p Figures 5 and 6 are vertical sectional views of one part of the sliding member and the swinging member in several positions, shown as taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 7 is a detail section shown as taken on `line I-l of Figure 4.

Description As will be' seen in the drawings, the invention is more especially directed to a detachable support I0 adapted to be removably attached to wardrobe suitcase II as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. While I have shown my improved support attached to a suitcase, I

(Cl. S12- 178) do not wish to be limited to the specific showing, and it is to be noted that the said support I0 may easily be attached to Wardrobe trunks, sample cases, steamer trunks, wardrobe closets and numerous other convenient places wherein a plu- 5 rality of garments, such as dresses may convenently be carried and/or stored. Also, the support may easily be removed from a carrying device without disturbing or crushing the garments thereon, and then conveniently suspended from 10 a hook or the like, in which condition the garments may then be inspected or removed from the support without disturbing the remaining garments.

The garment support may be of any suitable 15 construction and/or conguration, and as illustrated preferably comprises a substantially V- shaped frame member I2 connected at its smaller end by a cross-piece I3. The wider part or outer end of the V is preferably connected as by o an arcuate cross-rod Iii, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described. As shown in Figure 4, the elongated side pieces or arms comprising the V-shaped frame I2 are provided with a plurality of open-end bayonet slots 25 I4. By virtue of the said slots I4 the frame I2 may conveniently be attached to the wardrobe suitcase I I as by wing nuts I5 screwed to a like number of screw bolts I6 passing through the top of the suitcase as will be seen in Figures 1 30 and 2. If desired, and in order to remove the frame and support from the suitcase or other place, the wing nuts i5 may be loosened after which the device may easily be removed by the simple expedient of moving it slightly toward 3, the open end of the suitcase until the threaded ends of the bolts I6 are in registration with the open ends of the slots I4 and then moving it away from the threaded ends of ,the bolts.

Pivotally mounted next one end of itself to the 40 middle of cross-piece I3, as by a bolt I'I, is a forwardly projecting rail I8 shown as preferably of an elongated hollow structure substantially square in cross section. Said rail at its pvoted end is shown as having its pivoted end filled in 4- and this lled in end provided with a horizontal slot I9 cut inwardly from the end and fitting the cross-piece I3. Ample depth or clearance is provided for the slot to permit swinging of the rail I8 from side to side. A sliding member 20 is 50 carried by said rail and held therein as by inwardly extending iianges 2l at the underside thereof, thereby providing a longitudinal opening or slot 22 at the underside of the rail, and eX- tending from adjacent the inside or pivoted end, 55

and outwardly towards and adjacent the outer end or the end which normally is at the open end or" the suitcase or the like. Said sliding member 2D has a hook 23 depending from next the rear end of said member through said slot 22 and acts as a stop when the sliding member is fully extended as seen in Figure 3, by engaging the forward end of the slot.

The outer end of said sliding member 2li provides a depending portion 2li which is preferably an integral part of the said sliding member. At the lower end of said depending portion 2d is pivotally mounted thereto a horizontally swinging rod 25 substantially the length of the sliding member 2S. Said swinging rod 25 is held to the depending portion 25 by a bolt 26 passing upwardly through the bottom oi the substantially square end of the horizontal rod 25 and secured to the depending portion `as by being screwed thereto. In order that the rod may have freedom of movement and be permitted to swing freely when in use, there is provided a clearance 2li extending the thickness ci the square end of the rod through which the bolt 26 passes.

The arcuate portion of the cross-rod M lies in a horizontal plane as will be seen from the several figures of the drawings. The outer extremities turn upwardly normal to that plane and are attached at their upper ends, by welding or otherwise, to the outer ends of the V-shaped arms or members i2, i 2. It is preferable that the plane of the arcuate portion of the cross-rod be coincident with the plane in which the underside of the rail it rests and swings, and in actual practice said arcuate portion supports the outer end ci said rail iii. It further is to be noted that the said arcuate cross-rod also may be conveniently used as a stop for the inward or retractive movement of the sliding member 2!) and for such purpose the said depending portion 2li is notched at its rear iace as at 28.

In service, as when the case li is being transported, slide 2d is slid to its innermost position as shown in Figure 2, and rod 25 is at that time swung around to underlie the rail and slide and receive support from hook 23. The clearance 21 at the pivoting enables the said rod to be swung into the hook, and when the case is opened and the sliding member 28 is drawn forward and out of the case, then that clearance again enables the rod 25 to be unhooked and swung around to extended position as shown in Figure 3, to project in the same general direction as the sliding member 2. When the rod is in this extended position, garments on suitable hangers (not shown) may be placed in suspended position on the rod, after which the rod is swung back to normal or closed position and locked in place in the hook 23. The sliding member 2B then is slid back as far as it will go, and the cover 29 of the case ii closed and the sliding member thereby locked in place.

If desired to exhibit garments and without re'- moving them from the swinging rod 25, the sliding member 2d may be slid out, in which condition the garments will be entirely out of the suitcase and free to be sorted or inspected. For convenience in use, and for purposes of clearing obstacles outside the suitcase `or the like, the rail li8 with sliding member 20, and the swinging rod 25 may easily be swung to any desired angle as shown in Figure 4. In this connection, it is to be observed the sliding member 2@ may or may not be slid outwardly and the swinging rod with garments hanging therefrom can be swung to any desired position and the rail i8 with its housed sliding member swung by virtue of the pivoted end along the arcuate cross-rod l to positions shown in broken lines. If desired to hang all the contents in a closet, the V-shaped frame member may be removed from the case and the entire hanger, with garments still suspended therefrom hung upon a closet hook until ready to return them to the case.

I claim:

1. A garment support as characterized comprising a V-shaped supporting member having means for attaching to a suitcase and the like, said means comprising a plurality of open-end bayonet slots adapted to receive bolts therethrough, means for holding the supporting member in the suitcase and the like, a rail pivotally mounted to the V-shaped member at one part thereof, and a depending arcuate cross-rod connecting said V-shaped member at another part thereof, said rail being supported by and free to swing across said arcuate cross-rod, and a sliding member telescoping into said rail substantially the length of the rail and adapted to support garments thereon when in extended condition.

2. A garment support as characterized coinprising a V-shaped supporting member having means for attaching to a suitcase and the like, a rail pivoted at one end of said supporting member, a cross-rod underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, and a sliding member telescoping into said rail, said sliding member at its telescoped end providing down wardly projecting means adapted to engage the cross-rod whereby the sliding member is prevented frombecoming displaced from the rail when slid outwardly therefrom, and said sliding member when in extended condition is adapted to receive hangers and the like.

3. A garment support as characterized 'comprising a V-shaped supporting member having means for attaching to a suitcase and the like, a rail pivoted at one end of said supporting member, a cross-rod underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, a sliding member telescoping into said rail, and a rod at the outer end of said sliding member and depending therefrom for receiving hangers rand the like.

4. A garment support as characterized comprising a rail pivoted at one end, a cross-rod underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, a sliding member extensible from said rail, a rod pivoted to the outer end of said sliding member for receiving hangers and the like, and a hook also carried by the sliding member near its inner end for affording another support for said rod.

5. A garment support as characterized comprising a rail pivoted at one end, an arcuate cross-rod underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, a sliding member extensible from said rail, said sliding member providing a depending portion adapted to be on the outside of the cross-rod, and a rod pivoted to the underside of said depending portion for receiving hangers and the like and adapted to swing to any position.

6. A garment support as characterized comprising a rail pivoted at one 7end, an arcuate crossrod underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, a sliding member extensible from said rail, said sliding member providing a depending portion adapted to be on the outside of the cros\srod, and a rod pivoted to the underside of saicdepending portion for receiving hangers and the like, and a hook also carried by the sliding member near its inner end for affording another support for said rod.

7. A garment support as characterized comprising a V-shaped supporting member having means for attaching to a suitcase and the like, a rail pivoted at one end of said supporting member, an arcuate cross-rod attached to the supporting member and underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, a sliding member extensible from said rail, said sliding member providing a depending portion adapted to be on the outside of the cross-rod, a rod pivoted to the underside of said depending portion for receiving hangers and the like, a hook carried by the sliding member near its inner end for affording another support for said rod, and

20 said rail having a slot on the underside thereof through which a portion of the hook extends.

8. A garment support as characterized comprising a V-shaped supporting member having means for attaching to a suitcase and the like, a rail pivoted at one end of said supporting member, an arcuate cross-rod attached to the supporting member and underlying said rail near its other end upon which said rail may be swung, said arcuate cross-rod having uprights at its outer ends secured to the outer ends of said V-shaped member and thereby supported thereat, a sliding member extensible from said rail, said sliding member providing a depending portion on the outside of the cross-rod, a rod pivoted to the underside of said depending portion for receiving hangers and the like, a hook carried by the sliding member near its inner end for affording another support for said rod, and said rail having a slot on the underside thereof through which a portion of the hook extends.

GUS RICHTER. 

